Coopers Elementary School

Good Evening Bulldogs! This may bring mixed emotions for some of you, but this is a 4 day week and then students are out for another full week for Spring Break. Students are out starting this Friday and will return to school on Monday, April 8th. I want to give a huge shout out to our Battle of the Books students for bringing home 2nd place in their competition on the 12th. This past Friday, we had 5 5th graders to compete in the district’s Brick City Lego challenge and they brought home first place in the Robotics and STEM project portions. Go Bulldogs!! Congratulations to Alexis Bradley. Her artwork was chosen to be displayed in the Superintendent's art gallery that will be held this Tuesday at 5:30 at RM High School. We are so proud of you. Report cards go home tomorrow. Some students may have several papers attached to their report cards. Please review those documents and send them back to school on Tuesday signed. Reminder, this Thursday is the last day to order yearbooks. You can order your yearbook through TreeRing or fill out a paper copy. Please either call the front office or let your child’s teacher know if you need a paper copy sent home. Website:www.treering.com/validate Passcode: 1016699100261089 Last but not least, please remember to pick up your Candy Apple order in the gym this week. The pick-up times are: Tuesday, March 26: 7:45AM - 9:30AM Tuesday, March 26: 2:15PM - 5:00PM Wednesday, March 27: 7:45AM - 9:30AM Wednesday, March 27: 2:15PM - 5:00PM All orders MUST be picked up by Wednesday afternoon, bulldogs! I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

🎨Celebration of the Arts🎨 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, 3/26 at Rocky Mount High! Join us to celebrate the brilliance of Nash County Public Schools' students at our Celebration of the Arts! This event showcases artwork from students across the district. After the celebration, the artwork will be displayed at the Braswell Memorial Library throughout the month of April. Then it will be at the NCPS District Office in the Superintendent’s Art Gallery. 🖼️🎨✏️ #ArtsMonth #CelebrateArtinEducation #NCPS #NCPSchools #NCPSProud #CelebrationoftheArts #ArtworkDisplay

Good Evening Bulldogs! Happy Sunday and happy St. Patrick’s Day!! I hope everyone has had a wonderful and relaxing weekend! We want to congratulate our Battle of the Books students for all of their hard work this year!! This past Tuesday they competed against other schools in our district and they came in 2nd place. Go Bulldogs!! Thank you, Mrs. Pittman, for leading this amazing group this school year! Tomorrow is the end of the grading period! Parents, please make sure your child has turned in all their assignments and are all caught up on their work. This Thursday night, our first and second graders will be having a performance in our school’s gym. Students are asked to arrive around 5:30pm and the performance will start at 6pm. More details will be sent home this week. This Friday, our students who are on the Brick City Lego Robotics team, will be traveling to the Rocky Mount Event Center to compete against other schools. We wish them the best of luck!! This Friday is also our Accelerated Reader Celebration. Students who have met their AR goals will be able to pie staff members in the face. Now this should be interesting and fun to watch! We will be sure to post plenty of pictures and videos next week! Parents, exciting news…. Our school calendar has been planned for the rest of the year. Please go on our school’s website and see all of our upcoming events, including Awards Day, Field Day (also known as Bulldog Bash), and more. The calendar is located under the Student’s tab at the top. Once you click on the link, you can click the down arrow and it will take you through all the remaining months of school. I hope everyone has a great evening!

Congratulations to our Coopers Elementary Battle of the Books team! Our Bulldogs battled hard yesterday and their hard work paid off as they received Second Place in yesterday's district competition. They worked hard all year, some of them beginning this past summer, completing a total of 15 pre-selected books. We are so proud of their accomplishment!!! Go Bulldogs!!

Unity Fri-Yay! Come together as a community of unity and wear green as a symbol to prevent Gun Violence and share your photos in the comments! Gun violence is preventable when you know the signs. “Say Something” upstanders have helped Sandy Hook Promise prevent 7 school shootings and 60+ acts of violence with a weapon.

Bulldog families, tomorrow is “Oh the Places You'll Go” for Dr. Seuss week. Our Bulldogs are invited to dress up for the career they'd like to have one day! We will also have Community Readers visiting during Enhancement classes to read to our Bulldogs and share all about their careers as well!!

In 4 out of 5 school shootings, at least one other person had knowledge of the attacker’s plan but failed to report it. People who hurt themselves or others often show warning signs before they carry out an act of violence. #SaySomethingWeek #SaySomethingSavesLives #NCPSchools

Bulldog families, tomorrow is “Wacky Wednesday” for Dr. Seuss week. Our Bulldogs are invited to wear their clothes backward, mismatched, or inside out! This should be a lot of fun!! https://bit.ly/bulldogseussweek

I promise to be an #Upstander and ”Say Something” when I see someone at-risk of hurting themselves or others. #SaySomethingWeek #SaySomethingSavesLives #NCPSchools

Bulldog families, what a great start to our week-long celebration of Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Day. Tomorrow we're asking our Bulldogs to wear their favorite hat for "The Cat in the Hat!" day! We can't wait to see them tomorrow! https://bit.ly/bulldogseussweek

Parents Did You Know… Your Child can ride the wave of success with healthy breakfast options at school? Established in 1989, National School Breakfast Week (NSBW) celebrates how school breakfasts can set students up for daily success. By observing this special week every year, we’re encouraging all K-12 schools to recognize the importance of a healthy start to the day with breakfast to fuel children’s academic success. #NCPS #NCPSchools #NSBW24 #surfsupwithschoolbreakfast

Know the Signs: Preventing Gun Violence and Other Harmful Acts This #SaySomethingWeek, NCPS is raising awareness on learning the warning signs of violence and how to get help. Here are the 3 steps: – Recognize The Signs – Act Immediately, Take It Seriously – Say Something www.sandyhookpromise.org/warning-signs

Good Evening Bulldogs! We are already in the 3rd month of the 2024 calendar year! This year is zooming by! This week we are celebrating two things… 1. It is Social Worker appreciation week. Thank you, Mrs. Christina Turner, for all that you do for our students and staff. We appreciate you! 2. We are celebrating Dr. Seuss week. There is a flyer on our website that indicates how we are celebrating each day. For more details, please check out our website. Just as an overview: Monday: Dress in one color from head to toe! Tuesday: Wear your favorite hat. Wednesday: Wear your clothes backwards, mismatched, or inside out for Wacky Wednesday. Thursday: Wear your favorite animal print or animal ears. Friday: Dress up like what you want to be when you grow up… for Career Day. This Wednesday our school and district will be conducting a statewide Tornado Drill. Just like we complete monthly fire drills and quarterly lockdown drills, the state mandates we practice a yearly tornado drill. Parents, yearbooks are still on sale until March 28th. You still have time to order one!! More details are on our website or feel free to message your child’s teacher for another flyer to be sent home. Candy Apples are still on sale until March 11th. Like I mentioned last week, these apples are AMAZING. Since I know that the owners are retiring this year, I have bought more than normal. I hope you do too! Parents, we are thrilled to announce that for this quarter, students who reach their AR goal will have the opportunity to participate in a pie in the face celebration. We are encouraging ALL parents to support their child in reaching their AR goal by encouraging them to read nightly to YOU. Last but not least, please remember that we have a CES Parent Survey listed on our website under the “Parents” tab. We would love to get your feedback on how this year is going and what you would like to see in the future. We value your opinions! I hope everyone has a wonderful evening! Take care.

Howdy Bulldog Families! Do you have a favorite Cowgirl or Cowboy hat that you would love to wear tomorrow to school? How about your favorite baseball hat? Tomorrow we are supporting a former Bulldog who is currently battling leukemia. If you are able to donate to the family, then feel free to wear your favorite hat to school. All donations will go directly to the family. Once a Bulldog, always a bulldog! We will be taking up cash donations as well as gas and food gift cards for the family. Lastly, parents, please remember that our first priority is student safety. Please remember that when you are dropping off and picking up your child from the car line, please do not pass cars in front of you unless a staff member wave you around. This is starting to be a major concern. We know that you may be late or need to be somewhere, but that is not worth a life. Please be respectful and responsible. I hope everyone has a great evening and I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow, hopefully in hats.

Tomorrow morning!! Tune into Spectrum News on Friday, March 1, 2024 - in a detailed interview, Jeannie Kerr, Project AWARE director at Nash County Public Schools (NCPS), shared insights into the district's efforts to enhance student safety and mental well-being. With new safety legislation effective March 1, Nash County Public Schools has updated its protocols accordingly. Nash County Public Schools, distinguished as one of six districts in North Carolina to receive the Project AWARE grant, exemplifies commitment to creating a secure educational setting. This grant, provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and managed through the Department of Public Instruction, highlights the district's proactive approach to student safety.

NCPS has updated its dress code policy. If an individual believes that they have a cause to file a Title IX Sexual Harassment claim, please contact the following Title IX contacts: Sheila Wallace - Title IX Contact for Personnel Dr. Leondus Farrow, Jr. - Title IX Contact for Students Angela Miller - Title IX Contact for Athletics https://boardpolicyonline.com/?b=nash_county&s=160494

Good Evening Bulldogs! I hope everyone has been able to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather today! I ran and played in the yard so much with my son this weekend that I am sore. So, if you see me limping tomorrow, you know why. Thank you SO much to everyone who came out and gave blood to the American Red Cross this past Friday. Blood is the most precious gift that anyone can give to another person- the gift of life. Tomorrow our PTO will start their candy apple fundraiser. Candy apples will be sold for $10 each. I believe this may be the last year for the candy apple fundraiser because the company is possibly closing after this year. If you have never tried these specialty apples, you are certainly missing out. They are amazing!! Parents, this week our second graders will be taking the AIG screener. We ask that students get to school prior to 8am so that testing can start on time. Your child will not be able to enter their classroom once testing starts, until all students are completed. Parents, please mark your calendars for March 4th through the 8th, which is Dr. Seuss week. Students will be able to dress up if they would like, based on a Dr. Seuss theme for each day. Please check out our school’s website for each day’s theme. I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone back at school tomorrow.

A Friendly Reminder about Thursday, Feb. 15th's event: Due to a HIGH demand of requests from parents! We will have an in-person Connect Inform Engage event for all families who want to learn more about the Early College High School and CITI High School options this Thursday, 2/15, at 6 p.m. at Central Office! Topic: "Navigating Future Success: Insights into CITI High School & Nash-Rocky Mount Early College High School'' Join Nash County Public Schools CPE Department's "Connect Inform Engage" for an enlightening roundtable discussion featuring CITI High School and Nash-Rocky Mount Early College High School. This event is designed to uncover who can apply, the unique aspects of each program, and how they differentiate from traditional high school experiences. Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights into these innovative educational pathways.

Mark Your Calendar! Dr. Seuss Week is coming soon! We'll celebrate from March 4th - March 8th! You can find out more information about this event on our Website under the March Events.

Congratulations to our Teacher of the Year, Elizabeth Godwin, our Teacher Assistant of the Year, Regina Johnson, and our First Year Teacher of the Year, Grace Reams. These amazing women were nominated and chosen by their peers for their hard work and dedication toward the students and staff here at Coopers Elementary School. We are honored to have them represent our Bulldogs and our staff. Way to go ladies! https://bit.ly/3SUcNG1